What is the right way to build stainless steel racing headers?
The right way to build stainless steel racing headers is to start with a proven exhaust design or professional header design program, mock up the system in mild steel, verify flange alignment and primary tube length, cut and grind every joint flat, eliminate air gaps, TIG weld with proper filler rod, and back-purge the tubing with argon to protect the inside weld root. Burns Stainless helps race teams and fabricators design and build custom stainless headers using proven exhaust engineering and high-quality U.S.-sourced components.

Many of you have seen the so-called “bundle-of-snakes” headers on the infamous Ford GT40s of the late sixties, but you might wonder.

Are they still relevant today?

Those beautiful works of art built by English craftsman on the Lola-designed chassis where two tubes from each bank of the V-8 are crossed over the engine to collect in 4-1 collectors with opposing tubes.